Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ee28ce2d213d07b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:44:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 10d2ef50c0275df8e7444e8aa8cad7ed SHA-1: fe17733733e5b9db3640efe42bb526d0366b1392 SHA-256: 9ee28ce2d213d07b69d8b0aabc5cba9e1b1b03aff06d7f1461541d79dd6d5933
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick users into navigating to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://rozgarnetwork.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigebopo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f1a9b7476ec20954798eed929882270/sixaroruviwinazediluzizuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28b1893595e41ac8dd75c889a16d51c/puvaninotiditex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c59c558a13---84004106037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/34512438200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2c829510d---nuzazimodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d67f5b4cf3e16c43c1343cd150dd695b/91957818803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/550505ff474d88a5c4ab9632a9e72745/94223208317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/15497777791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/gapel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c346652cd49---29330076793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a220ba2b577---fobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796c3206494---dijagesenefejolipolavozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/todozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51eea4de8d282ad75bfb32eb3bab9c37/kizowomiwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/97266709335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jobtiara.com/files/files/2372868242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/zejowalikibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhamdb0tdtjctmdc98ccujg5a5/babovobof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4e1047662---22784607755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmdfhjl.com/fckeditor/userimages/file/84484681370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609133c98cce2---86411965479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/61686734613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=chicken+pox+symptoms+in+tamilPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d9df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9DF 16108 bytes
SHA-256: eaa5317fcdc77b11ee26e3c0fa85906c5c88cfc79fcd235e4aadeb63022d7aac
font_01_sfnt_off00010388.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10388 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 726dccecf7a1bc298ba7c571169bbfa429c6b22a29273932631616179ad87d19
font_02_sfnt_off00011c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1